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Hey Mr Nair, 1 question about ministers' salaries: The justification for their high pay is to prevent bribes. Something like: If ministers are poor= accept bribes= corruption. If ministers are rich= won't take bribes= no corruption.

Singaporeans are kiasu and cowards.Come May 7 the PAP will govern again with no lost of any seat. Even Low Thia Khiang will lose his seat and Chiam See Tong too will lose his seat. Singaporeans never learn.

A Bill of rights is what is lacking in the Singapore Constitution. Singapore should incorporate a Bill of Rights in its Consitution.

Certain rights should be made inviolable such as the right to life, the right to be secure in the person, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for ANY PURPOSE.

The freedom of assembly, free speech and the freedom of the press should also be incorporated.

The present Constitution is so abused by Lee Kuan Yew and his PAP that its not worth its piece of paper.

PAP rules with fear instilled in the citizens and it will no doubt reemerged as the government after May 7 2011.

I only wished everyone would just disobey him altogether, including people from army and the police. Seems pretty impossible though, given the average Singaporean behaviour and knowing only brainwashed facts.

Not many people or even opposition parties are voicing out that conscription is an evil that denies freedom of choice. Conscription is still staring at Singaporeans so blatantly in the face & not much Singaporeans are protesting that. In fact, much of the population has been brainwashed into thinking that conscription is ok & needed in Singapore. That is so hideous that I can't watch.

The points you have bought is amazing and hope it enlightens singaporean,you had said that the 2PAPS bootlickers are contesting with SDP ticket, then how come Dr chee didn't have iota of doubt and moreover they had embraced them with open hands, it seems very strange to me and however your peaceful protesting would also not work because lee knows how to handle them too,this is catch22 situation, this guys are so smart before imposing any policies they do research and make sure they aren't any loopholes there after whatsoever, its hard to break this nut, too hard!!!!!!i lived in singapore for an year, i love that country, but then a country without free speech and rights is pathetic,only time will tell..?

Excellent video. I cannot take my eyes off you .... hahaha.The last time someone hold me to such attention is Lee Kuan Yew and I was naive then. But he is fast becoming a past tense.We will know soon if SDP will be taken over by Tan Jee Say and soon Dr Chee will be thrown into obivion.

Dear Anonymous 4/30 8:18pm, that is the lamest excuse ever. Bottom linbe, if you want to falsely justify your greed, there are 10000000001 ways to do it. Fools in Singapore believe it and the rest and too scared to say otherwise. Bottom line, ministers need to be paid decently not exorbitantly. This is pure greed and a lame excuse to justify it to the foolish public!

Note: Kim Jong Il, Ceaucescu, Mubarak and others used similar excuses to justify their excesses. Oh, one thing all dictators and their cohorts add to is: "this is for the good of the country and the people." What rubbish!

On that note, a sadistic father who beats his kids to the point of hospitalizing them will say "I am doing this for your good to discipline you." A high school bully who torments his victims will say "I am doing this to toughen you up and is for your own good." This is called false justification to further one' own agenda ...Get my drift?

Hey Mr Nair, 1 question about ministers' salaries: The justification for their high pay is to prevent bribes. Something like: If ministers are poor= accept bribes= corruption. If ministers are rich= won't take bribes= no corruption.

What are your views on this?

Sat Apr 30, 08:18:00 PM PDT-----------

Since politicians in UK, Australia and NZ are not paid the princely salaries that LKY's henchman draw in Singapore, they must all be corrupt

I disagree with the view that the elections are an exercise in theatrics. If you look at the videos of the opposition rallies you will notice many well qualified and well meaning opposition candidates speak with their hearts. Do they participate in the elections just for wayang? Far from it, I think they are all risking themselves to better the loves of Singaporeans. I think you should give Mr Tan Jee Say and Dr Ang Yong Guan the benefit of the doubt. If you look at what they have to say it is hard to say they are putting on a pretense. I may be wrong but do look on the positives. At least many qualified candidates are daring to come forward like Singapore has never seen before.

Lee points out how poorly paid he was as PM. Referring to a table, he says:

… you will see that the best paid are bankers at S$140,000 a month; next, architects, S$125,000; then lawyers, S$116,00; and the lowest-paid are car-dealers, at S$32,000 (the table shows the PM’s salary at S$29,317 a month).

To Anonymous, May 3, 0250,The fact that you have no choice but to remain anonymous, that oppostion candidates have to risk their lives even to contest elections shows the real failure of the electoral process there. Whichever way you look at it, a man such as Tan Jee Say who has through fear remained hidden all these years, now sprouts from the woodwork and demands my vote, is ridiculous to say the least. Yes, I would vote for Dr. Chee but your government refuses to let him stand.

Are you suggesting that I should vote for Tan Jee Say just becasue he wrote a 46 page paper on economics which I have not read and for going to Oxford on a government scholarship?

To Anonymous posting on Mon May 02, 07:22:00 PM PDT, who said "Me thinks anon is a PAP stooge or stupid or both!"

Can you please be a little more patient and show some kindness in explaining to the poor Anon who dared ask a simple question? Yes, it seems like PAP propaganda and garbage, but frankly what can you expect when the whole country has ONE government run newspaper, ONE media, and total indoctrination for over 50 years? It is well known Singaporeans are brainwashed owing to the conditions there. Look at North Korea and China, and the former Soviet blocs. Lack of proper information is a powerful weapon my friend... Do not deride those who are subject to it. Even in the age of tehe internet, false propaganda does weigh heavily on the mind of the average Singaporean...

All those of us who left Singapore for good are able to question and use our brains to distinguish fact from fiction and propaganda, because we have the infrastructure in the west to do so.... Not so in Singapore.

Can you be patient and explain more politely please? Brainwashed Singaporeans who venture to ask questions must be educated, not ramrodded.

PS: I am not the original poster. Please see my earlier posting on how I responded to the same question.....

This election is rubbish. Its something like puppet show. Waste of time and money. Until all the white-white dies then we can have our own freedom. Dear Gopal, please dont use your phone during making of the video. its kind of distracting. Wish you all the best and hope one day you'll be able to come back to Singapore. - SS Bala.

Singapore's leaders and its wealthy and talented, high-income earners who live in the first, "exclusive" Singapore are increasingly drifting away from "the other" Singapore, made up of middle- to low-income earners who Tan says struggle with rising costs of living and little savings.----------

LKY rings the bell and like Pavlov's dog, these middle- to low-income earning will vote for the PAP.

Dear Gopalan,Thanks for the video, the issues you raised were very relevant i feel. Personally I feel that maybe the opposition are trying to play a smarter game this time round, knowing full well the consequences of trying to rally for press freedom and freedom of speech, the critical cornerstones of democracy. The might see this election as a chance to gain some popular backing and parliamentary voice before embarking on a campaign to raise these issues. Looking at what happened to JBJ and Dr Chee going headon against the Lee regime, it might be a better calculated choice to consolidate more power or wait for the right opportunity before striking. These are just my guesses, what do you think?

If you knew this, don't you think Lee Kuan Yew and company know this too? It is either fight for what you want or don't fight at all. There are no 2 ways about it. Lee knows that too and that is why he is dead against people like Chee and myself. Chee has trouble being in Singapore. I am a red herring.

THanks Gopalan for your reply. SDP did campaign against the ISA during a rally, inviting 'Marxist' detainee Vincent Cheng to speak to the crowd 2 days ago. Another candidate, Ms Teo Soh Lung, is also another detainee. During their rallies, they have been speaking about unfair persecution of opposition figures. What we have yet to hear is calls for a free press, free speech and independent judiciary.

It appear to me the father and son are planning their exit route from politics. I recalled that they have donated a fraction of their salaries. I thought that is their wisest move. and the people behind who came up with the ministers salaries pay scale 'laid a trap' which all walked in, except the few.

To Anonymous May 11, 0715.Firstly the name is Gopalan, not Goplan. Get it right. Second I have a stake in Singapore. I was born there, not in China. Third I want to see it change and I want to hurt the regime there. And that is why I target Singapore and not any other place at the moment. My writings from here are not only a permanent testament to my views, it will continue to have the effect of increasing awareness among Singaporeans to realise that there is something wrong with their country. I am very proud of what I do.

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Born Singapore, educated Winstedt School 2 (next to Monks Hill in Newton, Singapore) Raffles Institution, National Service, some travel in Europe, then law studies England, return to Singapore, practiced for 10 years, active Workers Party member, stood elections 1988 and 1991 in Singapore, was harassed and persecuted by Lee Kuan Yew for my political beliefs, left for USA, obtained asylum and admitted California State Bar, practice law ever since in Fremont California near San Francisco. Relinquished Singapore citizenship 2005 because I was not prepared to permit Lee Kuan Yew to unjustly retain my CPF funds if I remained Singapore Citizen. On principle, the only correct thing for me to do was to give it up, for my CPF funds. I am an American Citizen as of 2004.